Arts and Entertainment

Is This What We Stand For?

Is This What We Stand For? Is This What We Stand For?

ignore this…

Oct 5, 2017 / OppArt / Stephen Kroninger

Puzzle No. 3444

Puzzle No. 3444 Puzzle No. 3444

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Comic Louis wearing extremely meager support for the spine (8)  5 Much obliged, Eliot hugs Williams (6)  9 In Miami…

Oct 5, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Hélio Oiticica’s Place for People

Hélio Oiticica’s Place for People Hélio Oiticica’s Place for People

The Brazilian artist’s manipulations of color and space became a way for him to challenge society’s inequalities.

Sep 29, 2017 / Miguel Salazar

Post-Elect

Post-Elect Post-Elect

The sun predicted this, with its rays determined through the blinds like blades of why. No one has given me an education for what this means, a destruction of firsts: our first bla…

Sep 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Iliana Rocha

The Ghost on the Handle

The Ghost on the Handle The Ghost on the Handle

The houses here are named La Vague and Chantebrise like places in a childhood daydream, an actual lake filled with literal swans. As a kid, I was most at home in the pages of a boo…

Sep 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Kathy Fagan

Puzzle No. 3443

Puzzle No. 3443 Puzzle No. 3443

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1  Novel written by Venus de Milo? (1,8,2,4)  9 Charges a duty for the speaker (7) 10 Nation is the first to be…

Sep 28, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Alberto Giacometti and Alice Neel, Face to Face

Alberto Giacometti and Alice Neel, Face to Face Alberto Giacometti and Alice Neel, Face to Face

The two artists have more in common than it might seem.

Sep 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Anti-Vietnam War Protest

What Does a Leader of the Vietnam Anti-War Movement Think About Ken Burns’s Documentary? What Does a Leader of the Vietnam Anti-War Movement Think About Ken Burns’s Documentary?

According to Todd Gitlin, the film is an extraordinary portrayal of the people who lived through the war—both Americans and Vietnamese.

Sep 22, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Pilgrim Bell

Pilgrim Bell Pilgrim Bell

My savior has powers and he needs. To be convinced to use them for good. Up until now he has been. A no-call no-show. The menace. Of ecstasy like a hornets nest buzzing. Under ice.

Sep 21, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Kaveh Akbar

Puzzle No. 3442

Puzzle No. 3442 Puzzle No. 3442

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Stare in hole and see, at last (4)  3 Unexpected visitor with a stated objective: Get smoked salmon off the premise…

Sep 21, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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